KARACHI: The 10th Karachi Literary Festival has set off in Beach Luxury Hotel on Friday. A session on “Pakistani Cinema: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” was held later on the evening and moderated by President Arts Council of Pakistan Muhammad Ahmed Shah himself. Expressing his views Mr. Shah said, “We are setting up an independent production house and film academy followed …

News Desk DUBAI: The nation’s outstanding young poets were recognised today at the prize giving ceremony of the Taaleem Award for Poetry held during the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature (1-9 March 2019). The winners received a commemorative book featuring their winning entries and a trophy, awarded to them by the 2019 Festival poet Joshua Seigal alongside folk poet Zainab …

DUBAI: Top seed Kei Nishikori fell to a shock second round defeat at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Wednesday, but Roger Federer came through his second three-set battle this week to record his 50th win in Dubai and reach his 11th quarter-final. Nishikori, the world No. 6, was defeated 7-5 5-7 6-2 by Hubert Hurkacz, who until last …

SHARJAH: A media meet-up for Nikon’s newly launched DSLR camera, Z6, took place here earlier yesterday at a local hotel. Host of the evening, Mariam Hasan Rizvi, introduced the key management of Nikon Pakistan present. Welcome speech was given by Director Camtronx/Nikon Pakistan, Noraiz Nasir Saeed who stated, “The Z6, with specs clearly designed for vloggers and film-makers has pulled …

DUBAI: At Mobile World Congress 2019, Huawei Consumer Business Group (CBG) unveiled the World’s Fastest 5G Foldable Phone, HUAWEI Mate X, redefining smartphone design with a foldable form factor. Reflecting the innovative DNA of the HUAWEI Mate Series, the HUAWEI Mate X features the Falcon Wing Mechanical Hinge, 7nm multi-mode modem chipset Balong 5000, a high-capacity 4500mAh battery supporting the …

DUBAI: Former champions Simona Halep and Petra Kvitova moved into the quarter-finals of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Wednesday, but both had to overcome second set challenges. Halep emerged with a 6-3 7-5 victory over Lesia Tsurenko and Kvitova fought off qualifier Jennifer Brady to win 7-5 1-6 6-3. Halep, who won the title in 2015, came through the …

DUBAI: World Number 1, Naomi Osaka spent an afternoon with Chef Ramola Bijendra from Jumeirah Creekside Hotel – the tournament hotel and spoke about all her favourite foods, her eating regime before and after matches and her go to ‘cheat meal’ which is French fries! Both Chef Ramola and Naomi were challenged to produce a great tasting salad, they spent …

LAHORE: The Little Art organized the opening event of the 8th season of ArtBeat – National Child Art Competitions & Exhibitions. The ceremony was organized at the Zahoor-ul-Akhlaq Gallery, National College of Arts to announce the start of the national gallery exhibitions in Lahore. Following the Lahore event, the exhibition will then travel to Karachi (22nd February 2019) and Islamabad …

DUBAI: HONOR, a leading smartphone e-brand, has teamed up with Italian fashion label Moschino for its latest flagship HONOR View20 available in two striking colorways – “Phantom Red” and “Phantom Blue,” as part of the special edition released alongside the two regular colorways, “Midnight Black” and “Sapphire Blue.” The HONOR View20 Moschino edition smartphones have the uber appeal of 8GB …

LONDON: This Valentine’s Day, British Airways is showing that love is really in the air by staffing an entire flight with couples who work for the airline. Five cabin crew sweethearts will be on cloud nine flying together on the BA245 from Heathrow to Buenos Aires, and then enjoy a romantic getaway in the Argentinian capital. For three of the …